Evaluation of California's graduated driver licensing program
Journal of Safety ResearchPublished 1 January 2004
Scott Masten, R A Hagge
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Though the observed crash savings associated with the restrictions were of modest size, this is the first study to evidence a direct positive impact of the passenger restriction component of GDL programs.
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The findings provide support for passenger and nighttime restriction components of GDL programs.
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